Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences

Relatively little research drawing from self-determination theory has examined the links between controlling teaching environments and student motivation. To this end, two longitudinal studies were conducted to explore how students' perceptions of controlling teaching behavior and experiences o...

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Main Authors: Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, Nikos, Mouratidis, A., Katartzi, E., Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie, Vlachopoulos, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55811
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author Bartholomew, K.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Mouratidis, A.
Katartzi, E.
Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
Vlachopoulos, S.
author_facet Bartholomew, K.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Mouratidis, A.
Katartzi, E.
Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
Vlachopoulos, S.
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description Relatively little research drawing from self-determination theory has examined the links between controlling teaching environments and student motivation. To this end, two longitudinal studies were conducted to explore how students' perceptions of controlling teaching behavior and experiences of psychological need frustration were associated with a number of motivation-related outcomes over a school year. Multilevel growth modelling indicated that changes in perceptions of controlling teaching positively related to changes in need frustration across the school year (Studies 1 & 2) which, in turn, negatively related to autonomous motivation and positively related to controlled motivation and amotivation in Study 1 (N = 419); and positively related to fear of failure, contingent self-worth, and challenge avoidance in Study 2 (N = 447). Significant indirect effects also supported the mediating role of need frustration. These findings reinforce the need for research on the negative motivational pathways which link controlling teaching to poor quality student motivation. Implications for teacher training are discussed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-558112020-07-23T07:31:06Z Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences Bartholomew, K. Ntoumanis, Nikos Mouratidis, A. Katartzi, E. Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie Vlachopoulos, S. Relatively little research drawing from self-determination theory has examined the links between controlling teaching environments and student motivation. To this end, two longitudinal studies were conducted to explore how students' perceptions of controlling teaching behavior and experiences of psychological need frustration were associated with a number of motivation-related outcomes over a school year. Multilevel growth modelling indicated that changes in perceptions of controlling teaching positively related to changes in need frustration across the school year (Studies 1 & 2) which, in turn, negatively related to autonomous motivation and positively related to controlled motivation and amotivation in Study 1 (N = 419); and positively related to fear of failure, contingent self-worth, and challenge avoidance in Study 2 (N = 447). Significant indirect effects also supported the mediating role of need frustration. These findings reinforce the need for research on the negative motivational pathways which link controlling teaching to poor quality student motivation. Implications for teacher training are discussed. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55811 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.07.006 Pergamon fulltext
spellingShingle Bartholomew, K.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Mouratidis, A.
Katartzi, E.
Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
Vlachopoulos, S.
Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title_full Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title_fullStr Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title_full_unstemmed Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title_short Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
title_sort beware of your teaching style: a school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55811